News Reading Using RSS Feeds and Readers


Video: "RSS in Plain English"


Students: Answer one or more of these questions about news reading. Remember, only one of you at a time can edit this page -- manage the traffic jam, please!

What 3 news feeds (and why) would you recommend to

...the computer enthusiast in your life?
Megalame.net
blazingpc.com
techpowerup.com -Ryan

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...the political junkie in your life?
megalame.net
CNN
Fox News -Ryan

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...your mom?
Megalame.net
BoingBoing
Explosm -Ryan
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How do you read news?

(Describe how you organize your feeds, if you have a preference for the order you read stuff in, and if you click through on articles.)

I prefer the "old fashioned way" of going to all of the sites myself, I have lots of free time. - Ryan


What trends do you notice about your news reading?

(Click "Trends" in Google Reader. Do you read more on certain days? for example)

I tend to only use google reader once or twice a week during 5th period. -Ryan


What feature would you like to see added to Google Reader?

I cant think of anything, maybe unblockable games :D -Ryan
for it to automaticly find more blogs for me to read and go it to work with live services --taylor

How do you tend to find new feeds to read?

Links from other sites I read -Ryan


Experiences with RSS:
Edward - It has been very useful and fun. It is useful for reading up on important, or not, news article and also fun for having a good laugh at a LOLcat or two. :)